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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (15404)	9/10/2002 10:15:01 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81101

bloomberg.com In the current fiscal year, government revenue has declined 10.2 percent, as corporate income taxes fell 16.3 percent and individual receipts dropped 17.8 percent following a slump in stock markets and company earnings. Government spending is up 9.4 percent. If tax revenue has declined by 10 percent and government spending has increased by 9,4 percent we have shortage of funds that is about 20 % The present administration inherited one B of an economy. Adding insult ot injury a bit outdated these figures which i believe are correct no change or different treatment containers as you see them is what dey is. The difficulty is we here will need an increase in wages to cover living costs, they we use for less cost will also require more cost as the economic standards grow elsewhere inflation is the game long range. RECORD-BREAKING JULY CONTAINER TRADE UP 19% LONG BEACH, Calif. Aug. 20, 2002 –Importers shipped record volumes in July driving up the total number of cargo containers shipped through the Port of Long Beach to 451,917 units – a 19.2 percent increase compared to July 2001. The number of imported containers, empty containers and the total of all container units in July were the port’s highest ever. With retailers stocking up for the end-of-summer and fall retail seasons, the number of inbound containers increased to the equivalent of 249,618 twenty-foot-long container units, an jump of 19.9 percent over the July 2001 total. The port’s leading imports include such products as Asia-made clothing, toys, shoes, handbags and consumer electronics. For the second straight month, the number of outbound cargo containers dropped. Exports fell to 70,499 twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs), a decline of 9.6 percent. The port’s leading exports include factory equipment and raw materials such as plastics, chemicals and recycled waste paper.